<p>has anyone been accepted for the spring or fall of 2011-12?</p>
<p>Did anyone not get an email? I’ve checked my Spam and Trash folders, nothing from USC. I’m pretty sure I haven’t been accepted but I’d hope that they would at least send an email.</p>
<p>hopefulgraduate1 You should call on Monday to find out.</p>
<p>it seems that all the people who got in received their email thursday at 4:59 pm.
Also the email said that only about twenty students were chosen in this years appeal</p>
<p>lindem100, I wouldn’t knock Community College just yet. Seriously. In the long run, who the hell cares about where you went along the way to get the degree…so long as you eventually get the degree you were striving for. You get the same, if not BETTER general education from a CC than from a University. Community College class sizes are smaller than the general eds at universities (at least mine were) and an actual professor (who probably works for the local university…) teaches the classes. PS: It’s cheaper in the long run. </p>
<p>Transferring to USC in my opinion, isn’t difficult. I did it. Transferring looks less “cutthroat” from what I can tell. When you transfer with two semesters of community college under your belt, your SAT/ACT grades don’t matter. Your high school rank doesn’t matter. Those hours of community service? Doesn’t play a HUGE roll the way it does in high school admissions (helps a little). Same with extracurriculars and club membership. USC wants to see improvement in transfer students more than anything. Next year, show them that improvement and blow them away with a personal, well-written essay that speaks more about your individuality than some stupid test scores and rankings ever will.</p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
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<li>A USC transfer that was the product of a community college</li>
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<p>It’s weird to me that USC even permits “appeals.” USC, after all, is a private college, no different than Stanford – and Stanford never allows appeals. It must be one of those California quirks, where you can actually appeal a denial at a UC, and so Californians just simply expect to be able to appeal denials to other colleges.</p>
<p>Newsflash: Stanford is in California, too, so I wouldn’t call it a “California quirk.” Thanks for trying to hate on the state I was born, raised and live in, though! I’m sure where you’re from is lovely.</p>
<p>Maybe USC is comprised of compassionate, understanding admissions staff and realizes an application doesn’t often give the full story of each student. I think it’s cool that USC allows appeals and gives the chance to some (even if its only 10-20 students) applicants to prove they are USC material for whatever reasons weren’t made clear on their application.</p>
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Newsflash: Stanford is in California, too, so I wouldn’t call it a “California quirk.” Thanks for trying to hate on the state I was born, raised and live in, though! I’m sure where you’re from is lovely. {/quote]</p>
<p>Yes, I know Stanford is in California. And, because Stanford is in California and because the UCs permit appeals, and because Stanford knows that Calfornia applicants are there used to (expect the opportunity to) appeal, Stanford in its rejection letter specifically states that appeals are NOT permitted or accepted. </p>
<p>USC doesn’t do this. I was just wondering why. </p>
<p>So hate me for it.</p>
<p>Where did you find the information to appeal on the USC website?</p>
<p>Hey, I was just wondering how you guys appealed? Did you write a letter or did you try to get creative and submit a video or go in person? If you wrote a letter, could you PM me your letter so I can get an idea of what you wrote? If you appealed in person, what did you include in your presentation?</p>